Orestes

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Then may it be so, and may she come to the city of Phocis
  2. with all the honors of a happy wedding.
Orestes
  1. How soon will Hermione return to the palace? All the rest was very well said, if we succeed in catching this impious father’s cub.
Electra
  1. Well, I expect she is near the house already,
  2. for the length of time agrees exactly.
Orestes
  1. Good; you, Electra, my sister, stay before the palace and await the maiden’s approach; keep watch in case any one, whether an ally or my father’s brother, forestalls us by his entry before the murder is complete;
  2. and then make a signal to the house, either by beating on a panel of the door or calling to us within.
  3. Let us enter now and arm ourselves with swords for the final struggle, Pylades, for you share the labor with me.